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MERRILL. 
A glabrous shrub about 1 m high. Branches terete, brown, glabrous. 
Leaves coriaceous, brown and somewhat shining when dry, lanceolate, 
8 to 10 cm long, 1 to 1.5 cm wide, gradually narrowed, at both ends, 
the apex blunt, the base cuneate, the margins entire, somewhat recurved, 
the lower surface minutely and densely puncticulate ; nerves numerous, 
obscure, densely disposed, the reticulations also obscure; petioles 1 cm 
long or less. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, much shorter than the 
leaves, the peduncles about 2 cm long. Flowers unknown. Fruits, 
umbellately disposed at the apices of the peduncles, their pedicels 1 to 1.5 
cm long, 4 or 5 at the apex of each peduncle. Persistent calyx about 5 
mm in diameter, the lobes ovate, rounded, glabrous or nearly so, glandular- 
punctate, united for about one-half their length. Fruit globose, about 5 
mm in diameter. 
Cebu, near Toledo, Bur. Sci. 1722 McGregor, October 28, 1906. 
A species manifestly allied to Ardisia humilis Vahl, and A. ioissieri A. DC. 
distinguishable by its narrow, lanceolate leaves. 
Ardisia mindorensis sp. nov. § Pyrgus. 
Species A. grandidenti Mez similis, sed differt petiolo multo breviori, 
dentibus minoribus, a A. serrata (Cav.) A. DC. differt inflorescentiis 
plus minus dense ferrugineo-tomentosis, foliis subtus parce pubescentibus. 
A shrub 3 to 5 m high. Branches terete, brown or grayish, striate, 
usually rather thick, glabrous, the branchlets often ferruginous-pubescent. 
Leaves pseudo-verticillately crowded at the apices of the branchlets, sub- 
tending the terminal panicles, elliptic-ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, char- 
taceous, 9 to 18 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, gradually narrowed towards 
both ends, the base acute, rarely somewhat obtuse, the apex rather 
prominently acuminate, margins distinctly and irregularly serrate-dentate, 
the teeth rather small, the upper surface glabrous and shining, or the 
midrib and nerves slightly puberulent, beneath also shining and distinctly 
ferruginous-tomentose on the midrib and primary nerves, obscurely 
glandular-punctate; nerves 12 to 15 on each side of the midrib, elevated 
and very prominent on the lower surface, curved-ascending, anastomosing, 
the reticulations rather distinct; petioles 3 to 7 mm long, ferruginous- 
tomentose, ultimately nearly glabrous. Panicles terminal, pyramidal, 
6 to 13 cm long, the rachis, branches and branchlets densely ferruginous- 
tomentose, the primary branches spreading, the lower ones often 5 cm 
long, the upper ou.es shorter, the secondary branches mostly in the upper 
half of the primary ones, each bearing from 5 to 7 flowers arranged in a 
condensed raceme or subumbellate, the pedicels ferruginous-tomentose,- 
9 to 12 mm long. Calyx-lobes broadly triangular-ovate, acute, about 1.5 
mm long and wide, imbricate, pubescent, the margins prominently ciliate, 
glandular-punctate. Petals ovate, 5 mm long, 3 mm wide, acute or 
